Competitive Information for Manectric [Diamond/Pearl]
Electric
Abilities:
Note: Pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability are immune to Electric attacks.
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Manectric? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Manectric is an interesting Electric-typed Pokemon. It's pretty common to find yourself dealing with Manectric when battling in the 4th generation meta. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Manectric's only type-related weakness is Ground.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Thunderbolt / Discharge
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Snore
Special Sweeper Manectric (Lightning Rod)
Manectric is a stupendous Special Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Manectric from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Manectric's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws single-target electric moves to itself.
♦ Discharge is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze adjacent pokemon).
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Manectric must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Item: Expert Belt
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 SpD
Moveset:
- Charge Beam
- Rain Dance
- Thunder
- Flamethrower
Manectric Special Tank (Special Attack Lion)
Manectric is a marvelous Special Tank. It was designed to take a hefty amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws single-target electric moves to itself.
♦ Rain Dance is a status move (for 5 turns, heavy rain powers water moves).
♦ Thunder is a special STAB-boosted 120-base power Electric-type move (30% chance to paralyze. can't miss in rain).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Manectric? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Lightning Rod
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 52 Hp / 252 SpA / 204 Spe
Moveset:
- Discharge / Thunderbolt
- Overheat / Flamethrower
- Signal Beam
- Hyper Beam / Snore
Doubles Special Sweeper Manectric (Lightning Rod)
Manectric is pretty popular Special Sweeper. It's goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Manectric from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Manectric's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Lightning Rod, Manectric draws single-target electric moves to itself.
♦ Thunderbolt is a special STAB-boosted 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Overheat is a special 140-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Manectric's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Signal Beam is a special 75-base power Bug-type move (10% chance to confuse the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Manectric cannot move next turn).
♦ Snore is a special 40-base power Normal-type move (Manectric must be asleep. 30% chance to flinch target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Manectric learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Manectric can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Manectric
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Quick Attack, Endure, Protect
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Manectric's stats
- Charge
- Charge Beam
- Curse
- Howl
Most notable and possible best moves for Manectric
- Howl
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Manectric in Diamond and Pearl
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